Wednesday, 17 December 2014

2014 Albums of the Year: Honourable Mentions

So it begins. You know the drill by now. These albums are all fantastic in their own right. For whatever reason, they fell just short of making the final cut. No shame in that, though. These albums will no doubt continue to be on rotation in the coming years. My honourable mention list for the year 2014, as follows:

Artist: Hamilton Leithauser

Album: Black Hours

Label: Ribbon Music

Favourite Tracks: The Silent Orchestra, Alexandra, Bless Your Heart.

Artist: EMA

Album: The Future's Void

Label: Matador Records

Favourite Tracks: 3Jane, Neuromancer, Dead Celebrity.

Artist: Have A Nice Life

Album: The Unnatural World

Label: Enemies List Home Recordings

Favourite Tracks: Guggenheim Wax Museum, Cropsey, Unholy Life

Artist: Shellac

Album: Dude Incredible

Label: Touch & Go

Favourite Tracks: Dude Incredible, Compliant, You Came In Me, All the Surveyors.

Artist: David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights

Album: End Times Undone

Label: Merge

Favourite Tracks: Like Rain, Christopher Columbus, Some Things You Don't Get Back.

Artist: Ty Segall

Album: Manipulator

Label: Drag City

Favourite Tracks: Manipulator, The Faker, The Hand, The Crawler.

Artist: Peter Matthew Bauer

Album: Liberation!

Label: Mexican Summer

Favourite Tracks: I Was Born in an Ashram, Philadelphia Raga, Scientology Airplane Conversations.

Artist: Whirr

Album: Sway

Label: Graveface

Favourite Tracks: Press, Sway, Feel.

Artist: Kevin Drew

Album: Darlings

Label: Arts & Crafts

Favourite Tracks: Good Sex, It's Cool, Bullshit Ballad.

Artist: The Twilight Sad

Album: Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Know

Label: Fat Cat Records

Favourite Tracks: It Never Was the Same, Drown So I Can Watch, Sometimes I Wished I Could Fall Asleep.